On 30 Aug 2009, at 19:14, Tom Lane wrote:

Grzegorz Jaskiewicz <g...@pointblue.com.pl> writes:
please don't tell me that this is bogus: 
http://zlew.org/postgresql_static_check/scan-build-2009-08-30-4/report-7JaICX.html#EndPath

Yes, it's bogus.  ctid is never passed as NULL.  It might point at
an "invalid" itempointer (one with ip_posid == 0).  Look at the only
call site.

so why do we check if the pointer is valid ?


This seems to indicate that clang is stupider than I would have hoped.
Isn't it capable of doing the same types of analysis that gcc does
when inlining?

well, it is usable, but that doesn't mean complete. That's why I am trying to work both ways to provide some info to clang-checker devs, and you guys - with the reports it generates. on the side note, xcode in snow leopard uses it under the hood to do 'build & analyze', and it helped me to locate few potential issues in my iphone code. Now, of course my code is times less complicated than postgresql's, but still - it is potentially useful.


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